Arthur F. Benson's History of the Judges of the Oregon Supreme Court, 1841-1946

        Below is an index to the volumes of Arthur F. Benson's History of the Judges of the Oregon Supreme Court, 1841-1946.  Along with biographies of the judges, you will find additional Benson documents that are part of his original biographical volumes. Effort was taken to present the materials in substantially the same manner as they appeared in Benson's original volumes.  Each biography Webpage provides a link to an image of the original Arthur Benson biography document.  

        Please click on the titles in the index below to read the corresponding works. Names with an asterisk (*) indicate that a judge served as Chief Justice. 
  
    

Judges of the Oregon Supreme Court 1841-1890, Vol. I		Judges of the Oregon Supreme Court 1890-1946, Vol. II
	Introductory Documents Foreword Volume I Picture Index The Supreme Court of Oregon Supreme Court Reporters Early Judges of Supreme Court - 1841 to 1849 Judges of the Supreme Court Supreme Judges		Introductory Documents Volume II Picture Index
	Dr. Ira L. Babcock 1841-1843		Robert S. Bean* 1890-1909
(no image)	Osborne Russell 1843-1844		Charles E. Wolverton* 1894-1905
	James W. Nesmith 1844-1845		Frank A. Moore* 1892-1918
	Peter H. Burnett 1845-1846		Thomas G. Hailey 1905-1907
	J. Quinn Thornton 1847		Robert Eakin* 1907-1917
	Columbia Lancaster 1847-1849		William R. King 1909-1911
	William P. Bryant* 1848-1850		Woodson T. Slater 1909-1911
	Orville C. Pratt 1848-1852		Thomas A. McBride* 1909-1930
	Thomas Nelson* 1850-1853		Henry J. Bean* 1911-1941
	William Strong 1850-1853		George H. Burnett* 1911-1927
	George H. Williams* 1853-1859		William M. Ramsey 1913-1915
	Obadia B. McFadden 1853-1854		Charles L. McNary 1913-1915
	Cyrus Olney 1853-1858		Lawrence T. Harris 1915-1924
	Matthew Deady 1853-1859		Henry L. Benson 1915-1921
	Aaron E. Wait* 1859-1862		Wallace McCamant 1917-1918
	Reuben P. Boise 1858-1870, 1876-1880		Charles A. Johns 1918-1921
	Riley E. Stratton 1859-1866		Conrad P. Olson 1918-1919
	Paine P. Prim* 1859-1880		Alfred S. Bennett 1919-1920
	Erasmus D. Shattuck 1862-1867, 1874-1878		John McCourt 1921-1924
	Joseph G. Wilson 1862-1870		George M. Brown 1920-1933
	William W. Page 1862		John L. Rand* 1921-1942
	Alonzo A. Skinner 1866-1867		Martin L. Pipes 1924
	John Kelsay 1868-1870		Oliver P. Coshow* 1924-1931
	William W. Upton 1867-1874		Harry H. Belt* 1925-1950
	Andrew J. Thayer 1870-1873		George Rossman* 1927-1965
	Benoni Whitten 1870		Percy R. Kelly* 1930-1949
	Lewis L. McArthur 1870-1878		James U. Campbell* 1931-1937
	Benjamin F. Bonham 1870-1876		John O. Bailey* 1933-1950
	LaFayette F. Moser 1873-1874		Hall S. Lusk* 1937-1960, 1961-1968
	James F. Watson 1876-1878		James T. Brand​* 1941-1958
	John Burnett 1874-1876		Arthur D. Hay 1942-1952
	James K. Kelly* 1878-1880	(no image)	Walter C. Winslow 1947
	William P. Lord* 1880-1894		Supreme Court of the State of Oregon​ First Session of 1915 Term Monday, January 4
	Edward B. Watson* 1880-1884		Supreme Court of the State of Oregon c. 1917 Lawrence T. Harris, George H. Burnett, Frank A. Moore, Wallace Mc Camant, Henry L. Benson, Thomas A. McBride, and Henry J. Bean
	William W. Thayer* 1884-1890		Supreme Court of the State of Oregon c. 1929 Percy R. Kelly, John L. Rand, George M. Brown, Harry H. Belt, Henry J. Bean, Oliver P. Coshow, and George Rossman
	John B. Waldo* 1880-1886		Supreme Court of the State of Oregon c. 1940 Hall S. Lusk, Percy R. Kelly, Harry H. Belt, John O. Bailey, John L. Rand, Henry J. Bean, and George Rossman
	Reuben S. Strahan* 1886-1892		Supreme Court of the State of Oregon c. 1941 Geore Rossman, Hall S. Lusk, Harry H. Belt, Percy R. Kelly, John O. Bailey, John L. Rand, and James T. Brand
			Supreme Court of the State of Oregon c. 1943​​ James T. Brand, Percy R. Kelly, Harry H. Belt, John O. Bailey, George Rossman, Hall S. Lusk, and Arthur D. Hay